Originally Posted by DeepO
Yeah, dice poker is now rather dramatic .
Now that opponents are on par with player, the fact that they always roll after the player in the second round gives them rather troublesome advantage.
More than source of money itīs now a great source of reloads.

I have never reloaded after a lost poker game. Never. And I'm winning.

They don't roll like idiots any more, and yes, you do always roll second -- *but* they bet like idiots. You can still make money in dice poker, just not so easily. It makes a nice diversion and a nice way to get the occasional couple of hundred when you need it, which means that it now occupies the niche in the game that it's supposed to occupy.

What is a winning betting strategy, I hear you ask?

Spoiler

The trick is to lose only low-stakes rounds, and win high-stakes ones. Your opponents will only raise or fold if they're really, really ahead or behind on a round. So:

(1) Start out betting the limit.
(2) If you roll a better hand on the first roll of the first round, raise the limit. Else hold.
(3) If you won your first round, raise the limit on the second one no matter what you roll (since you can afford to lose this one). Else hold and if your opponent raises, fold.
(4) If you roll a better hand on the first roll of the third round, raise the limit. Else hold. If your opponent raises, fold.

The upshot is that whenever the odds are in your favor, the stakes will go up by much more than when they're against you. You can lose two games out of three and still easily come up ahead.

This strategy wouldn't work against humans, but it will work against the computer, as long as you have enough cash on hand to weather a string of a few losses in a row.